Human Rights
Desegregating the Home-Sharing Economy
A collaboration between the NAACP and Airbnb is one of several new efforts to reduce racial discrimination on home-sharing platforms.
A collaboration between the NAACP and Airbnb is one of several new efforts to reduce racial discrimination on home-sharing platforms.
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Under Mayor Park Won-soon, the city of Seoul has become a leader in fostering social innovation.
A partnership between a ride-sharing company, a municipal transportation authority, and Ford is expanding transit access in Kansas City.
The demographic profile of Airbnb users doesn’t quite reflect the egalitarian goals of the “sharing economy.”
The sharing economy can help us coordinate economy activity, but that’s not the same thing as building interpersonal trust and understanding.
Three ways nonprofits can embrace sharing, and bring their leadership and changemaking into the 21st century.
Inclusive governance will require that civil society, government, and industry work together to empower citizens.
The sharing economy, as a feature of urban life, could evolve in promising or not-so-promising ways.